15 Facts About Jacob Loeb

Jacob Loeb was a public representative of his extended family during a high-profile murder trial of his nephew Richard Albert Loeb.

Jacob Loeb founded the company in 1901 with Herman J Eliel.

Jacob Loeb retired as president in 1940 in order to assume the role of chairman.

Jacob Loeb served as a board member of the Chicago Board of Education, serving as its president from 1915 until his ouster in 1917.

In December 1915, Jacob Loeb was elected by a vote of the members of the Chicago Board of Education to serve as the board's president.

The board reelected him as president for another year in December 1916, with Jacob Loeb receiving twelve votes in support of his reelection.

Early in his presidency, Jacob Loeb altered the procurement of all fire insurance for school buildings, opening it up to bidding.

On May 22,1917, Jacob Loeb accused Thompson and Frederick Lundin of attempting to extend their political influence to the school system.

Jacob Loeb soon blamed his ouster on the political machine headed by Thompson and Lundin, and asserted that his ouster proved his accusations made the month prior.

Jacob Loeb was not restored to the office of board president.

Jacob Loeb was president of Chicago's esteemed Standard Club from 1925 through 1928.

For 22 years, until retiring in 1933, Jacob Loeb was president of the organization initially known as the Chicago Hebrew Institute and later renamed the Jewish People's Institute.

In 1922, at a Jewish Relief dinner held at New York City's Commodore Hotel, Jacob Loeb attracted attention for castigating New York Jews for what he alleged was apathy towards the persecution of Eastern European Jews and a failure in their duty to help European Jews.

Jacob Loeb took the stand himself in an effort to help save his nephew from receiving capital punishment.

Jacob Loeb died at the age of 68 on February 17,1944, in his unit of the Parkshore Apartments in Chicago.